The difficult destinies of ordinary people ... Two true stories about life, in which from the holiday to the triune - one step.

A young family in a small Siberian town. He, a twenty-year-old soldier, miraculously escaped death on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. And she, who lost her father's house and all her relatives for the terrible years of the war.

They masturbate and they hang around strangers' corners. At the end of the forties with work is bad, even the ends with ends are difficult to reduce. Life brings young people with good and kind people, but there are also vile people who deprive them of shelter over their heads.

Will the husband shoot down a flying goose? A sick son needs to be fed with broth.

My husband is destined for a short journey. Health is undermined by war and famine. Instead of a handful of earth, his wife throws his pillow with military decorations into the grave.

And next to - a violent peasant feast. A guest comes from the city on a holiday. Siberians, eccentric and ridiculous villagers, turn out to be dear to her. Yes, they can yell at each other, drink a lot, even scandal and fight, but the truth behind them.

"With age, I learned: the joy is short, passing, often deceptive, the sadness is eternal, beneficial, unchanging. Joy flashes a lightning, no, lightning faster and rolls with a roll-over rumble. Sadness shines quietly, like an unspoken star, but this light does not fade at night or in the day, "wrote Viktor Astafyev. According to two stories of the great writer this performance is staged.